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Breaking: Personal information exposed by Australian Human Rights Commission data breach

Breaking: Personal information exposed by Australian Human Rights Commission data breach

More than 600 submissions to the AHRC were accidentally disclosed online between early April and May, and personal data ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 14 May 2025
Act now! ACSC critical alert warns of vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile

Act now! ACSC critical alert warns of vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile

Hackers are already taking advantage of a pair of flaws in older versions of Ivanti EPMM that could lead to remote code ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 14 May 2025
Op-Ed: May’s Patch Tuesday reveals 77 vulnerabilities

Op-Ed: May’s Patch Tuesday reveals 77 vulnerabilities

Microsoft is addressing 77 vulnerabilities this May 2025 Patch Tuesday, with at least five already being actively ...

Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 • Wed, 14 May 2025
UK retailer hackers believed to be tied to the Kremlin

UK retailer hackers believed to be tied to the Kremlin

The hackers claiming responsibility for the trio of major UK retailers that were hacked in recent weeks are believed to ...

Daniel Croft • Wed, 14 May 2025
CIA launches social media campaign to entice Chinese defectors, China responds

CIA launches social media campaign to entice Chinese defectors, China responds

The US Central Intelligence Agency has launched a Chinese-language social media campaign to encourage Chinese government ...

Robert Dougherty and Daniel Croft • Tue, 13 May 2025
Meta ordered to stop training AI using EU user data by German data protection watchdog

Meta ordered to stop training AI using EU user data by German data protection watchdog

A German data protection authority has instructed Meta to halt all AI training using the data of European users.

Daniel Croft • Tue, 13 May 2025
Murdered man addresses killer in court using AI-generated video

Murdered man addresses killer in court using AI-generated video

A murdered man has addressed his killer in court through an AI-generated video, a move that may represent the future of ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 13 May 2025
US Copyright Office director fired by Trump less than a day after Musk’s AI training request denied

US Copyright Office director fired by Trump less than a day after Musk’s AI training request denied

The head of the US Copyright Office has been fired less than a day after she refused to allow Elon Musk to mine ...

Daniel Croft • Mon, 12 May 2025
Cyber activity jumps in wake of Pakistan/India clash

Cyber activity jumps in wake of Pakistan/India clash

Hacktivist activity surges in both countries in the wake of armed clashes over the Kashmir region in previous days.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 12 May 2025
Florida’s social media encryption backdoor bill fails to pass

Florida’s social media encryption backdoor bill fails to pass

Florida’s attempt to introduce mandatory encryption backdoors for law enforcement to access social media platforms has ...

Daniel Croft • Mon, 12 May 2025
Be on the lookout for scams ahead of Click Frenzy shopping event

Be on the lookout for scams ahead of Click Frenzy shopping event

Click Frenzy Mayhem is coming up and it’s a great day to grab a bargain – and it’s a great day for scammers, too.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 12 May 2025
FBI issues warning over hackers targeting end-of-life routers

FBI issues warning over hackers targeting end-of-life routers

Linksys and Cisco routers are being targeted by cyber criminal networks to deploy malware or establish a botnet.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 12 May 2025
UK Apple backdoor may breach US/UK data agreement

UK Apple backdoor may breach US/UK data agreement

US lawmakers have criticised the UK for ordering Apple to create a backdoor for encrypted user data to allow law ...

Daniel Croft • Fri, 09 May 2025
Star power: Crypto scammers running celebrity-powered malvertising campaign on Facebook

Star power: Crypto scammers running celebrity-powered malvertising campaign on Facebook

Scammers are using Elon Musk, Zendaya, and Cristiano Ronaldo to trick Australian victims into downloading malware.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 09 May 2025
Microsoft says DeepSeek is banned for staff

Microsoft says DeepSeek is banned for staff

Microsoft has revealed that company staff are barred from using the app for Chinese-made AI DeepSeek due to concerns ...

Daniel Croft • Fri, 09 May 2025
The industry speaks: International Anti-ransomware Day 2025

The industry speaks: International Anti-ransomware Day 2025

Today, 12 May, is International Anti-ransomware Day, established in 2017 on the anniversary of the crippling WannaCry ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 09 May 2025
US authorities seize 9  prolific DDoS-for-hire domains, admins arrested

US authorities seize 9 prolific DDoS-for-hire domains, admins arrested

Law enforcement agencies in the US and Poland take part in an international crackdown on distributed denial-of-service ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 09 May 2025
Delta Air Lines will face class action over CrowdStrike outage, judge rules

Delta Air Lines will face class action over CrowdStrike outage, judge rules

A class action by passengers of Delta Air Lines regarding cancelled and delayed flights as a result of last year’s ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 08 May 2025
CrowdStrike to lay off 5% of global staff

CrowdStrike to lay off 5% of global staff

Major cyber security firm CrowdStrike has announced that it will be axing around 5 per cent of its staff, roughly 500 ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 08 May 2025
Op-Ed: Australia’s cyber shield strategy – a national push towards unified resilience

Op-Ed: Australia’s cyber shield strategy – a national push towards unified resilience

As cyber criminals escalate attacks on Australian enterprises, government bodies, and critical infrastructure, the ...

Gareth Cox, vice president of sales for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Exabeam • Thu, 08 May 2025